Alistair Cragg broke Mark Carroll’s Irish 10,000m record and achieved an 'A' standard for the Beijing Olympic Games yesterday at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Stanford University in the US. Cragg ran a time of 27.39.55, which was seven seconds faster than Carroll’s previous record of 27.46.82, set at the same meet seven years ago.
Cragg Breaks National 10,000m Record in America Read More »
Double Olympian Gillian O'Sullivan has announced her retirement from competitive athletics at the age of 30. The Kerry native race-walker, who has struggled with injuries and illness in recent years, has had a hugely impressive career. She is currently the world record holder in the 5000m race walk, a record she set in Santry in 2002 at the Irish National Championships and is also the current Irish record holder in the 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m walks and holds the 10k and 20k Irish road records.
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Ireland have finished second behind New Zealand at the Ice Hockey World Championships held in the recently opened Ice Hockey facility in Dundalk. The Irish scored a 4-3 win over Luxembourg at the Ice Dome to win promotion to Division Two.
Ireland promoted to division two Read More »
The Irish Amateur Boxing Association took home one gold, four silver and one bronze medal from the GeeBee Senior Multi Nations in Finland following a day of mixed fortunes for the five Irish boxers in action in the(April 15th) finals in Helsinki.
Irish Boxers Win One Gold, Four Silver and One Bronze Medal in Helsinki Read More »
Jones was the UK Athletics High Performance Director from 1997 to 2004 and eventually retired from UK Athletics in 2005 after 24 years. During his time with UK Athletics Jones was coach to 7 Olympic Teams and Head coach for the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Before taking up his new post with Athletics Ireland he was strength and conditioning coach to UK athlete Paula Radcliffe.
Max Jones Announced as New Director of Athletics Read More »
Ireland coach Harald Jahrling has named three of the crews to represent Ireland at the World Cup regattas in Austria (June 1st-3rd) and Amsterdam (22nd-24th). Richard Coakley replaces Gearoid Towey in the lightweight men's four, while the men's heavyweight four and single sculler Sean Jacob will continue as they left off last season.
Three Crews named for World Cup Regattas Read More »
The Irish Amateur Fencing Federation is hosting the annual Five Nations Fencing Tournament in the DCU Sports Complex on Saturday 31st March 2007. It was last held here in 2002.
Five Nations Fencing Tournament Read More »
Belfast's Melanie Nocher achieved a third PB, swimming a time of 2.02.04 in the 200m freestyle, at the World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
Another PB for Melanie Nocher Read More »
A fantastic last lap saw Dubliner David Gillick retain his 400m European Indoors crown at Birmingham last weekend (March 3rd). His stunning victory was the highlight of a competition that saw several excellent performances from Irish athletes hoping to qualify for the Beijing Olympic Games next year.
Gillick Takes Gold Read More »
The Kilbride runner, aged 22, is fast delivering on the potential she showed as a junior and is now poised to make a big breakthrough into the senior ranks- and she could be an Olympian of the future.
Fionnuala Takes Silver Read More »
Congratulating Katie on her remarkable victory, Olympic Council President Pat Hickey said that she had brought great honour to Ireland and to the sport of boxing.
Katie Taylor Wins Gold Read More »
After a tremendous performance in qualifying for the final of the recent Croatian Open, Scott Evans has been rewarded with the offer of a weeks practice at the French National Badminton Centre in Paris.
Evans gets French Reward Read More »
